About HSCSN

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Health Services for Children with Special Needs, Inc. (HSCSN) is an innovative care management network coordinating health, social, and education services for the pediatric Supplemental Security Income (SSI) and SSI-eligible populations of Washington, DC. Benefits to members and their families include traditional Medicaid benefits plus expanded health care services including individualized care management; 24-hour access to care coordination; Outreach services; respite care; medically necessary home modifications; and mental, behavioral, and developmental wraparound services.

Holistic and proactive, HSCSN is the only Medicaid health plan that coordinates all aspects of physical, mental, behavioral and developmental care and services for its members. HSCSN is not-for-profit and started as a demonstration project under a Health Care Financing Administration 1115 waiver in 1995. We presently serve over 80% of the SSI-eligible pediatric population throughout the Washington, DC metropolitan area with more than 2,000 providers active in our network.

The mission of HSCSN is fourfold. We strive to:

• Ensure access to health care and services through development, support, and partnership with a committed network of community-based providers and services
• Facilitate members' appropriate, timely usage of services with a focus on disease prevention, restoration to optimal health, adaptation to chronic illness or disease, health promotion and palliation at the end of life
• Collaborate with public and private organizations, agencies, caregivers and members to jointly identify and creatively remedy situations and circumstances that threaten the optimal health of children and youth with special needs, their families and communities
• Maximize the effectiveness of monies allocated for the health care and services of children and youth with special needs.

HSCSN has a sister organization, The HSC Pediatric Center, formerly The Hospital for Sick Children, and a parent organization, The HSC Foundation.